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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 190870" data-attributes="member: 22">I recall watching it when it was released on VHS and thinking, &quot;Once is enough.&quot; I mentally filed it away it in the same category as &quot;Conundrum&quot;. So the last thing I expected this time around was to totally enjoy it.I found Part 1 surprisingly enjoyable, but all the shortcomings are cruelly exposed in Part 2. Mind you, considering how incredibly naff the naff bits are, the good bits - like the ending - hold up pretty well.Yes, I&#039;d say KNOTS is the 80s soap least suited to the kind of broad storytelling a mini-series requires.Yes! I hadn&#039;t thought about it like that, but yes - I can easily imagine that scene with BATMAN&#039;s trademark tilted camera angles. I think there&#039;s something about the feel of early 80s soap -- DALLAS and DYNASTY&#039;S second seasons, maybe KNOTS&#039;s fourth -- that almost crosses over into &#039;60s pop art kitschiness: the lurid closeups, the giddy pace, the frenetic score. It&#039;s all teetering on the edge of ... of ...&nbsp; something.Oh, now that&#039;s interesting -- especially that it was Val who said it first. Back then, she was the stable one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James from London, post: 190870, member: 22"] I recall watching it when it was released on VHS and thinking, "Once is enough." I mentally filed it away it in the same category as "Conundrum". So the [I]last[/I] thing I expected this time around was to totally enjoy it. I found Part 1 surprisingly enjoyable, but all the shortcomings are cruelly exposed in Part 2. Mind you, considering how incredibly naff the naff bits are, the good bits - like the ending - hold up pretty well. Yes, I'd say KNOTS is the 80s soap least suited to the kind of broad storytelling a mini-series requires. Yes! I hadn't thought about it like that, but yes - I can easily imagine that scene with BATMAN's trademark tilted camera angles. I think there's something about the feel of early 80s soap -- DALLAS and DYNASTY'S second seasons, maybe KNOTS's fourth -- that almost crosses over into '60s pop art kitschiness: the lurid closeups, the giddy pace, the frenetic score. It's all teetering on the edge of ... of ... [I]something[/I]. Oh, now that's interesting -- especially that it was [I]Val[/I] who said it first. Back then, she was the stable one. [/QUOTE]

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